Study of the clinicopathologic features of breast cancer between young and elderly women / 中国现代普通外科进展

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the clinical and pathological features of breast cancer of young women.Methods:The clinical and pathological characteristics of breast carcinoma were compared between young women(≤35 years old,181 cases) and elder women(≥60 years old,186 cases).Results:More tumors were found in left breast,and located in the upper outer quadrant.The major pathological type was invasive ductal carcinoma.There were significant differences in tumor size,histological grading,TNM staging and axillary lymph node metastases(P